Johnson shifts Vietnam policy and ends presidential bid
President Johnson announces a radical war policy shift in Vietnam and says he will neither seek nor accept another term. The move upends political calculations, elevating Humphrey and Nixon while Kennedy and McCarthy face a tougher race, and leaves the presidency in flux.
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Johnson
Vietnam
Robert Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
Fulbright
Mansfield
Congress
Kennedy
McCarthy
Humphrey
Nixon
ANSAS
James Rowe
Sen
Edgewood road bridge deal pits Linn county against city
Cooperative work on the Edgewood road-bridge venture proceeds with Linn county and Cedar Rapids city authorities sharing costs. A design change shifts the bridge responsibility to the city at 87.4 percent of $1.25 million while the county covers 12.6 percent. The project, first of five joint Iowa undertakings, faces Farm Bureau opposition and slow progress but promises county city benefits.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Edgewood Road-Bridge
Iowa
Farm Bureau
Story County
Ames
Thirteenth Street
Winneshiek
Grundy County
Municipality of
Wellsburg
Rock Island Railroad
Bremer
Waverly
Edgewood Road
Harrington
Poll Shows RFK Ahead of Nixon and Rockefeller in Harris Survey
The Morris Survey shows Robert Kennedy leading Nixon 44 to 39 and Rockefeller 43 to 34 nationwide with Wallace at 10. Johnson ties Rockefeller at 39. McCarthy trails Nixon and Rockefeller, Wallace appealing to southern and conservative voters. Rockefeller's support slips after Johnson’s withdrawal.
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Louis Harris
Morris
New York
Robert Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Johnson
Nixon
Rockefeller
Minnesota
Eugene McCarthy
Alabama
George Wallace
Wal- Harris
Wallace
Kennedy
McCarthy
Seeee
Ees
Esse Eves
Midwest
Rockeeller
Perc Johnson
Rockefeller Wallace
South
North
Johnson weighs retirement amid Vietnam policy debate
The New York Times dispatch notes President Johnson privately considers retirement as war policy and 1964 conventions reshape his fate. Johnson faces weak approval, volatile support in Congress, and a shifting, divided Democratic Party with Humphrey and Kennedy core figures in flux.
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United States
Congress
Lyndon Johnson
Bill D. Moyers
Johnson
White House
Senate
Kansas City
John
Hog slaughter brutality condemned by reader letter
The editor receives a letter from Mrs. John A. Burrill at 356 Eighteenth Street SE denouncing hog slaughter as barbaric and profit driven. She urges destruction of the organization she blames for supporting such acts. The notice notes a second Trade and Industry Career Opportunity Night on April.
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NFO
John A. Burrill
Eighteenth Street
Rotary Club to Appoint New President in July
Gordon Simonds of National Oats Co will become Rotary club president when the term begins July 1, succeeding Waldo W. Wegner. A Cedar Rapids report notes Forbes listing Cedar Rapids as favorable for concentrating sales and business activities.
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Gordon Simonds
Gales
National Oats Co
Rotary Club
Waldo W. Wegner
Sam L. Becker
University of Iowa
Fund For Adult Education
Harold Stassen
Cedar Rapids
Forbes Magazine
U.S
Thomas H. Pirnie
FBI
Three G Men to Bring Hanley Back for Kidnaping Charges
Joseph Hanley a former Sioux City man facing two kidnaping charges will be returned to Cedar Rapids from Colorado. Joseph Prochaska was named temporary chairman of the Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor label committee to promote wage earner welfare and curb sweat shops and child labor.
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Joseph Hanley
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Colorado
Joseph Prochaska
Label
Trade and Industry Career Opportunity Night in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Community School District hosts a public service program at Area Ten Community College, sponsored by the Building Trades Council AFL-CIO and local associations. Trade representatives from ten fields will discuss apprenticeships and employment paths, with info from labor and employment agencies.
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Hawkeye Plaza
Area Ten Community College
Sixth Street
Building Trades Council Afl-Cio
Master Builders Association of Town
Cedar Rapids Community
Department of Labor
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Operation Native Son
Explorer Scouts
Cedar Rapids
Trades and Industries
Don Menning
Kennedy High School
Duane Popenhagen
Washington High School
Gene Stoltenberg
Jefferson High School
Nixon and Dick List Points in Quirky Interview
An interview scene unfolds with Richard Nixon explaining four points about his political stance and a humorous exchange about why he should enter a Republican primary. The dialogue features mock self‑analysis, party dynamics, and the tension of a potential candidacy as conversations drift through numbered reasons and self‑reflection. The piece blends wit with political strategy in a newspaper‑tone vignette.
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Ashington
Richard Nixon
White House
Eisenhower
Bobby
America
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Clark Clifford
the People's Forum
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Marshalltown
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NBC News
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George Clark
By, Russell
Bakerade York Times News Service
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